Scientific Name:
Rosa woodsii
Pronunciation:
ROE-zuh WOODZ-ee-eye
Common Name:
native rose, Wood's rose
Family Name:
Rosaceae
Plant Type:
Shrub - deciduous
Key ID Features:
Low to medium shrub to 2m tall, spreading by rhizomes and sometimes thicket-forming; stems spindly to stout, erect to spreading, usually with a pair of straight or slightly curved prickles near the base of the leaves, often with weak internodal prickles or bristles especially on young shoots; mature stems reddish- to greyish-brown; leaflets obovate to elliptic, 1-3(-5)cm long, short- or glandular-hairy to smooth beneath, coarsely single-toothed, the teeth not gland-tipped; inflorescence of 1 to 5 stalked flowers in a small, short cluster at the end of a lateral branchlet; corollas pink, saucer-shaped, rather small (3-5cm across), the petals 5, 12-25mm long; calyces 5-lobed, the lobes lanceolate, long-tapering and narrowing then flaring below the tip, 10-20mm long; fruits are achenes, numerous, stiffly long-hairy on one side, enclosed by fleshy accessory tissue, which ripens into a dark red, globe-shaped to ellipsoid hip 6-12mm long. (Modified from E-Flora BC and The Index of Garden Plants)
Habit:
Spreading, Twiggy, Upright
Form:
Oval - vertical
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
1.3 - 2.0m
Mature Spread:
1.0 - 1.5m
Growth Rate:
Fast
Origin:
B.C. east of Cascades, B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest, U.S. - southwest
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Landscape Uses:
Attract beneficial insects, Native planting
Additional Info:
Google. Cultivars shown may include R. 'Kimberley'. (Similar to R. nutkana but taller with smaller flowers, oval shaped fruit, reddish brown stems, and slender prickles.)
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Compound
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible
Surfaces:
Glabrous
Compound Leaf:
Odd-pinnate
Colour in Fall:
Yellow
Shapes:
Elliptic, Obovate
Apices:
Rounded
Bases:
Rounded
Margins:
Serrate
Inflorescence Type:
Cyme
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
5
Corolla Shape:
Rotate/stellate
Ovary Position:
Perigynous
Colour (petals):
Showy, Pink (yellow stamens)
Flower Time at Peak:
May, Jun
Additional Info:
2 to 5 in terminal cluster or rarely solitary; 3 to 4.5cm wide; petals 1 to 2.5cm long; pedicels smooth; many simple pistils
Fruit Type:
Aggregate fruit, Achene, Edible
Fruit Colour:
Red
Fruiting Time:
Sep
Additional Info:
Showy, Accessory tissue, Edible, Persistent, Rose hips have accessory tissue that forms the outer fleshy red-orange covering which is derived from the floral tube (hypanthium)
Bark or Stem Colour:
Red, Brown
Organ Modifications:
Prickles, Rhizomes, Stipule, leafy
Pest Susceptibility:
Canker or sap rot, Fungal leaf spot, Galls, Mildew, Mold, Rust (Drought tolerant)
Course(s):
- HORT 2355
Location(s):
- (BCE) Boulevard (Circular) Eastend : 284
- (WDH) Wark-Dumais House